California DMV employee admits to handing out CDLs in trade for bribes
A former California Division of Motor Automobiles (DMV) worker has pleaded responsible in reference to a fraudulent Business Driver’s License (CDL) scheme.
On September 19, Ulises Pena, 39, pleaded responsible to illegally producing California CDLs in Bakersfield trade for bribes, in accordance with the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Japanese District of California.
Authorities say that between January 2015 by August 2016, Pena wrongfully aided struggling CDL college students from co-defendant Bikramjit Singh Pannu’s truck driving faculty.
Pena allegedly accessed scholar data by the DMV system and altered them to point out that the scholars had handed their written assessments after they had not truly handed.
“His alterations induced the fraudulent issuance of CDLs to the unqualified college students,” the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace stated.
Pena has agreed to cooperate with the federal government in its ongoing case towards Pannu. Costs towards Pannu are pending.
The utmost penalty that Pena may face is is 15 years in a jail and a $250,000 high-quality, however “the precise sentence, nonetheless, shall be decided on the discretion of the courtroom after consideration of any relevant statutory components and the Federal Sentencing Tips, which take note of a lot of variables.”
